Deerbrook Park Toastmasters Club awarded Toastmasters International’s President's Distinguished Club Award

Deerbrook Park Toastmasters Club, which has served the Deerfield-Northbrook-Highland Park community for over 35 years, today announced that it’s been awarded Toastmasters International’s PRESIDENTS DISTINQUISHED CLUB AWARD for the second year in a row. This award is the highest recognition for excellence that a Toastmasters club can receive and recognizes a club’s outstanding achievement in building its membership and working with its members to accomplish their communication and leadership goals.

Toastmasters International is a worldwide nonprofit educational organization that empowers individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders. The organization's membership exceeds 352,000 in more than 16,400 clubs in 141 countries. For over 90 years, Toastmasters International has helped people from diverse backgrounds become more confident speakers, communicators and leaders.

Deerbrook Park Toastmasters Club meets twice a month from 6:45 pm to 8:45 pm at the Deerfield Public Library, 920 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, IL (lower level). Because of Library scheduling issues, our meeting dates are set quarterly but normally will be on a 1st and 3rd Wednesday (except as noted) so check our website or the Deerfield Public Library website for meeting dates. Future meeting dates (6:45 pm to 8:45 pm) are: October, Wednesday 10/18; November, Thursday 11/2 and Wednesday 11/15; December, Wednesday 12/6 (only December meeting); January, Wednesday 1/3 and 1/17; and February, Thursday 2/8 and Wednesday 2/21. GUESTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!

A Toastmasters club meeting offers a supportive group environment where people with diverse skills and backgrounds come together to practice their skills and exchange valuable feedback. In addition to delivering speeches, members are asked to evaluate other member’s speeches while also developing their own listening and interpersonal skills. The opportunities for growth are unlimited. Since individuals join with their own unique goals and needs for improvement, they are able to continue to develop their communication and leadership skills for as long as they wish, and many members continue on in the program throughout their lives.

Taking that first step towards setting your goals for professional and personal growth is always hard and harder still is making sure you accomplish these goals. Visit Deerbrook Park’s website at: http://deerbrookpark.toastmastersclubs.org/ or email us at: contact-4868@toastmastersclubs.org